Display-case.



No. 766,197. PATENTED AUG. 2, 1904. L. M. PIGKER & J. H. SOHUMER.

DISPLAY CASE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19, 190-1.

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UNITED STATES Patented August 2, 1904.

PATENT OEEIc LOUIS M. PICKER AND JACOB H. SCHUMER, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y.

DISPLAY-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,197, dated. August 2, 1904.

Application filed. January 19, 1904. Serial No. 189,677. (No model.)

To (LU 111710710 it may concern:

Be it known that we, LOUIS M. PIGKER and JACOB H. SGHUMEE, of New York, in the county of N cw York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Cases; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of our invention is to provide a compact case which will hold a number of garments, samples of goods, or analogous articles in readiness to be quickly brought into position for convenientinspection, which will minimize space while possessing large capacity, and which will possess certain novel and useful features of construction, hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved displaycase. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional View of a portion thereof. Figs. 3 and 4: are respectively detail side and top plan views of one of the two tray-supporting brackets and the shoe to which it is pivotally connected.

The body portion of our improved case comprises upper and lower beams 1 and 2, connecting at their ends the two upright sides or panels 5, which latter are provided on their inner walls and at suitable intervals one above the other with horizontal ledges or guides 4, extending from the back to the front of the case. On each pair of guides 4 is mounted a shelf or tray 5, which may be of any suitable light material, such as canvas, stretched upon a framework, and it is upon these trays that the articles to be displayed are placed and held in any suitable manner.

From the above description it will be understood that the case proper embodies any desired number of article-holding trays arranged one above the other and any one of which may be drawn out irrespective of the others to display its article or articles.

In order to support the trays when drawn out, we have provided a pair of brackets 6, so arranged as to be capable of supporting any one of the trays at a time, thereby dispensing with the necessity of having a pair of brackets for each tray and economizing space. Each of the brackets 6 is provided with a longitudinal groove or recess 7 for the reception of the adjacent head 8 at the edge of a tray and with a shoulder 9, designed to engage the end of the bead, to limit the outward movement of the tray, and for the purpose of supporting the trays in oblique position, so that the light willfall thereon to the best advantage, the brackets are inclined as illustrated.

Each bracket is pivotally connected at one end to a shoe 10, mounted to move up and down on vertical rails 11, secured to the front of the case, at opposite sides thereof, so as to carry the brackets to the various elevations for supporting any one of the several trays. For raising and lowering said shoes cables 12 (chains or cords) are attached thereto at one end and extend over pulleys 13, the other ends of said cables being attached to and winding upon drums 14, mounted on a shaft 15, journaled at its ends in bushings 16 in the case and arranged for rotation by means of a crank-handle 17 or similar expedient. A ratchet-wheel 18 is preferably mounted on the shaft for engagement by a pawl 19 to hold the shoes and their brackets at any elevation to which they may be moved. The two brackets 6 are arranged to swing in a horizontal plane, so as to either lie out of the way flat against the front of the case when not in use or to stand out at right angles thereto when being used, and they are limited in their out ward movement by abutting against shoulders 20 on the shoes.

In the present instance each shoe is provided with an upper and a lower pair of inwardly-extending lugs 21, which embrace the rail, and with balls 22, which serve to reduce friction. Preferably one of the bolts that connects each bracket with its respective shoe is provided with a milled nut 23, which may be loosened or tightened at will, so that the bracket may swing more or less freely.

In practice when it is desired to inspect the article or articles on any tray the brackets are swung to their extended position and are moved into registry with the end of the desired tray, whereupon the tray is moved out upon the brackets, and then the latter, with the tray upon them, areraised into the proper elevation to obtain the best light and for convenient inspection.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that we have provided a display-case which economizes floor-space by having the article-holding trays arranged one above the other and by having the brackets capable of swinging in against the front of the case, which economizes parts, as the one pair of brackets is readily applicable to any one of the trays and which is thoroughly efiicient in holding a number of articles, any one of which may be quickly brought into the proper position for convenient inspection, while also providing a protection for the articles from dust and from exposure to the sun when they are not being viewed.

We claim as our invention 1. A display-case, comprising a series of superposed trays and brackets arranged to be brought to the proper elevation for supporting any one of said trays.

2. A display-case, comprising a series of superposed trays and brackets arranged to be moved to the proper elevation for supporting any one of said trays at a time, said brackets being pivotally mounted whereby they may be swung out of the way when not in use.

3. A display-case, comprising a case proper provided with a series of superposed trays arranged to be extended therefrom, a pair of vertically-,movable brackets mounted on said case, and means for raising said brackets to Various elevations to support any of said trays in extended position.

4. A display-case, comprising a case proper provided with a series of superposed trays arranged to be extended therefrom and also provided with vertical rails on both sides of said series, and tray-supporting brackets movable up and down on said rails whereby they may be used to support any one of the trays at a time.

5. A display-case, comprising a case proper provided with a series of superposed trays arranged to be extended therefrom and also provided with vertical rails on both sides of said series, shoes mounted to slide up and down on said rails, and brackets arranged to support said trays and pivotally connected to said shoes.

6. A display-case, comprising a case proper, a series of superposed trays slidable in and out of said case and provided on their lower sides with beads or lugs, and brackets arranged to be moved into position to support any one of said trays at a time and provided with grooves in which the beads of the trays are designed to slide when the latter are extended on the brackets.

7. Adisplay-case, comprisingacase proper, aseries of superposed trays slidable in and out of said case, rails secured to the front of the case, shoes mounted to move up and down on said rails, cables attached to said shoes, a shaft j ournaled in the case and provided with drums on which said cables are wound, means for turning said shaft, and brackets carried by the shoes and arranged to support the trays.

8. A display-case, comprisinga series of superposed trays arranged to be drawn outinto extended position, and brackets arranged to be raised and lowered to support any one of said trays at a time, said brackets being inclined so as to support the trays in an oblique position.

In testimony whereof we have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS M. PIOKER. JACOB H. SOHUMER. Witnesses:

GRAFTON L. MoGrILL, FREDERICK. S. STITT. 

